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    Subramanian Ramadorai, CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) is the current chairman

    ofTata Elxsi and Vice-Chairman ofTata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS). His tenure as CEO and

    Managing Director of TCS ended on October 5, 2009.

    S. Ramadorai was CEO of TCS from September 1996

    to October 2009. Ramadorai played an integralrole in the international development of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) -- he took over when TCS

    earned a mere $400 million and had 6000 employees.His efforts have helped make TCS one of the

    world's largest global software and services companies with more than 143,000 consultants working in 42

    countries, operating out of over 151 offices worldwide, and with revenues over US$ 6.0 billion (FY 2008-

    09).

    Early life and education

    Ramadorai was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra and received his primary and secondary education

    at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Delhi University,

    India, a Bachelor ofEngineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunicationsand a Master of Science

    degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1993, Ramadorai attended

    the Senior Executive Development Program at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Career

    Beginning his career with TCS as a junior engineer, he rose through the ranks and eventually was

    charged with setting up TCS' operations in the United States in 1979 in New York City,which has sincegrown to over 40 offices throughout the country. Since taking on the role of CEO, Ramadorai focused his

    efforts on building relationships with large corporations and academic institutions, planning and directing

    technology development and acquisitions and overseeing the company's research and development

    activities.

    He has played a pioneering role in establishing Offshore Development Centers (ODCs) in India to provide

    high-end solutions to major corporations including IBM, Microsoft, General Electric, Hewlett

    Packard, Morgan Stanley, Tandem-Compaq, American Express, Merrill Lynch, Capital Bank, Target

    Corporation, Citibank, Qwest, Lucent Technologies, Ericsson and Nortel.

    Under his leadership TCS set up Technology Excellence Centers in India that have acquired knowledge,

    expertise and equipment in specialized technology areas like IBM, Oracle Corporation, SAP, AS400,

    DEC, HP, Microsoft, Silicon Graphics, Sun and Tandem. Recently, he led TCS in forging new

    partnerships and alliances with the American International Group of Companies, Citibank, Microsoft,

    Oracle and Keylabs, and widening existing relationships with Capital Bank (Bank of

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    Scotland Group), Prudential Insurance Company of America, Hewlett Packard and Unigraphics Solutions

    Inc.

    Ramadorai spearheaded TCS' quality initiatives, taking sixteen of its Development Centers to SEI's CMM

    Level 5, the highest and most prestigious performance assessment issued by the Software Engineering

    Institute (SEI). TCS also attained the distinction of being the World's first company to have all Centres

    assessed as operating at Level 5 of PCMM (People-CMM).

    Ramadorai is the Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), TATA Technologies Limited, Chairman of

    CMC Ltd, and Chairman of TATA Elxsi (India) Ltd. He is also the chairman of Computational Research

    Laboratories Ltd. He is also on the Board of Directors of Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Nicholas Piramal India

    Ltd, TATA Limited (India), TATA Infotech Limited (India), TATA Internet Services Limited, Nelito Systems

    Limited, and several other companies.

    Honors

    Ramadorai is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical

    and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member of the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry

    (CII), President of the Indo-American Society, Member of the Corporate Advisory Board, Marshall School

    of Business (USC), and is also on the Advisory and Governing Boards of a number of reputed Indian

    academic institutions.

    Ramadorai continues to maintain strong links with the world of academia. He is a member of the

    Corporate Advisory Board, Marshall School of Business (USC) as well as other Boards of reputed Indian

    academic institutions. Among his other distinctions, Ramadorai is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and

    Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

    In 2006, on India's Republic Day, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian

    honour. In 2004, he won Business India's "Business Man of the Year" award. During 2003, Ramadorai

    received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indore Management Association, the Distinguished

    Achievement Award from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and a Fellowship of the Institute of

    Management Consultants of India. He has also been honoured with CNBC Asia Pacific's prestigious 'Asia

    Business Leader of the Year' Award in 2002,as well as the 'Management Man of the Year' award by

    the Bombay Management Association. He was named in June 2002, by Consulting Magazine (USA) asbeing among the Top 25 Most Influential Consultants in the world, the only Indian CEO on the list. He has

    been honoured with the position of 'IT Advisor to Qingdao City', People's Republic of

    China. Silicon.com has named him as an agenda setter (position 22) in 2006.

    On 28 April 2009, Ramadorai was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

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    On 31 January 2011, TCS Vice-Chairman, S. Ramadorai was appointed by the Indian Government as the

    advisor to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh for the National Skill Development Council. In this role,

    Ramadorai will hold the rank of a Cabinet minister, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a release.

    The Council, which is headed by the Prime Minister, seeks to develop a strategy for skill development at

    the national level along with variations at the state level and formulate strategies to address the skill

    deficit.

    S Ramadorai

    Born 6 October 1944 (age 66)

    Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

    Residence Mumbai, India

    Alma mater University of Delhi

    Indian Institute of Science

    University of California, Los Angeles

    Occupation Chairman Bombay Stock Exchange Vice-Chairman (Non-

    Executive), Tata Consultancy Services

    Spouse Mala Ramadorai

    S Ramadorai's Biography

    S. Ramadorai S. Ramadorai(Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director)S. Ramadorai,Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services Limited, has beenassociated with the Company for the past 36 years. Joining as a trainee engineer, Ramadorai tookover as CEO in 1996 and has been instrumental in building TCS to a $5.7 Billion global softwareand services company. With a talent base of over 111,000 associates, a geographical reach of 50

    countries and an enviable client list which includes seven of the Top Ten Fortune companies.Ramadorai has now set his sights on ensuring that TCS is among the global Top Ten softwarecompanies. In October 2006, TCS was recognized by Economic Times as the Company of theyear, a fitting tribute to its increasing global presence. Ramadorai's vision is evident through theactive role he played in establishing Offshore Development Centers (ODCs) in India to providehigh-end quality solutions to major corporations. With a view to remain abreast with changingtechnologies at all times, Ramadorai set up Technology Excellence Centers in India that haveacquired knowledge, expertise and equipment in specialized technology areas. His key initiatives

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    include his relentless pursuit of excellence in quality. Under his leadership TCS was awarded theCII-Exim Bank Quality Award for 2006. In August 2004, TCS became the world's firstorganization to achieve an integrated Enterprise wide Maturity Level 5 on both CapabilityMaturity model and People Capability Maturity model, these are frameworks conceptualized bythe Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, to benchmark and appraise the

    software process and people management process of an organization. Ramadorai continues tomaintain strong links with the world of academia. He is a member of the Corporate AdvisoryBoard, Marshall School of Business (USC) as well as other Boards of reputed Indian academicinstitutions. Among his other distinctions, Ramadorai is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers (IEEE) and of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. Ramadoraifirmly believes that learning is a continual process, which does not end with formal education.With this in mind, he has striven to make TCS a learning organisation, conducive to developingones full potential. TCS spends 6 % of its annual turnover on training and development and hasinvested in a world -class Training Centre in Thiruvanthipuram. Additionally, each year, everyTCSer has the opportunity to undergo 20 days training. In November 2006 Ernst & Youngawarded Ramadorai the Entrepreneur Manager of the Year award. He has been recognized by

    Computer Business Review in July 2006 as 6th most influential IT leader in the world. Inrecognition of Ramadorai's commitment and dedication to the IT industry he was awarded thePadma Bhushan in January 2006. He is also increasingly being recognized as a leader of globalstanding. Mr Ramadorai was presented by Prime Minister Blair, the UKTrade and InvestmentSpecial Recognition Award in September 2005 for TCS' exemplary contribution to India - UKeconomic ties Dataquest has recognized him as the "IT Man of the year" for 2004. Business Indiarecognized him as the Businessman of the Year (2004). Computer Business Review named himthe 5th most Influential person in IT in 2004; in September 04, the Indo American Chamber ofCommerce recognized him with an award for promoting Indo-US Business Excellence. AnnaUniversity conferred upon him a Doctorate (Honoris Causa). More recently the Sastra Universityalso conferred him with a degree of Doctor of Sciences (Honoris Causa) in 2006. During 2003,Ramadorai was honoured with the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Indian Instituteof Science, Bangalore. In 2002, he was awarded with CNBC Asia Pacific's prestigious 'AsiaBusiness Leader of the Year' Award. He has been honoured with the position of 'IT Advisor toQingdao City', People's Republic of China. As a former Chairman of the National Association ofSoftware Companies (NASSCOM), Ramadorai continues to extend his support to the Indian ITIndustry. As an individual deeply committed to the House of Tatas, Ramadorai holdsChairmanships and Directorships of other Group companies. He is also on the Board of Directorsof premier companies such as Hindustan Lever Ltd and Nicholas Piramal India Ltd. Hisacademic credentials include a Bachelors degree in Physics from Delhi University, India, aBachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Indian Instituteof Science, Bangalore, India, and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University ofCalifornia - UCLA, USA. In 1993, Ramadorai attended the Sloan School of Management'shighly rated Senior Executive Development Program.____________________________________________________________-

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    BACKGROUND*

    Mr. Subramaniam Ramadorai, B.E, M.Sc served as the Managing Director and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) of Tata Sons Limited, the holding companyof Financial Network Services Pty Ltd. from August 9, 2004 to October 2009 and from

    September 1996 to October 2009 respectively. Mr. Ramadorai joined Tata Consultancy Servicesin February 23, 1972 and is responsible for overall corporate responsibilities, leads oncommunity and environment issues. He joined TCS as a trainee engineer. He has over 32 yearsof experience. He has been the Chairman of Tata Technologies Limited since 2001. He has beenChairman of Tata Elxsi Ltd. since September 7, 2009. He has been the Chairman and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of CMC Limited since October 16, 2001. He has been theNon-executive Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited since March 2010. He has beenVice Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services Limited since October 2009. Mr. Ramadorai servedas Vice Chairman of Tata Elxsi Ltd. until September 2009. He served as the Chairman ofNational Association of Software and Service Companies. Mr. Ramadorai serves as a Director ofTata Industries Ltd. and Tata Technologies Limited. He has been a Director of Bombay Stock

    Exchange Limited since March 8, 2010. He has been a Non-Executive and independent Directorof Hindustan Unilever Ltd. since May 2002. He has been Director of Tata Elxsi Ltd. since June26, 1995. He has been a Director of Tata Consultancy Services Limited since October 2009. Mr.Ramadorai serves as an Independent Director of Piramal Healthcare Ltd. (formerly NicolasPiramal India Ltd). He serves on the Board of several leading Companies including TATAInternet Services Limited and Engineering Analysis Centre of Excellence Pvt. Limited (a jointventure with General Electric), Innova TV Inc., (USA). He has been a Director of TataTeleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd., since August 10, 2006. He serves as a Director of TATATeleservices Ltd., WTI Advanced Technology Ltd., Aviation Software DevelopmentConsultancy India Ltd., TCS Iberoamerica S.A. (Uruguay), Tata Solutions Centre S.A.(Uruguay), Tata Consultancy Services De Espana S.A. (Spain), Tata Consultancy Services DoBrasil S.A. (Brazil), Tata Consultancy Services Chile S.A. (Chile), Conscripti (pty) Ltd (SouthAfrica), VSNL Singapore Pte. Ltd., C-Edge Technologies Ltd., Airline Financial SupportServices (India) Limited, Comicrom S.A., Sisteco S.A. and Syscrom S.A. Mr. Ramadorai hasbeen an Additional Director of Tata Communications Limited (formerly Videsh Sanchar NigamLtd) since June 28, 2007. He has been an Additional Director of Asian Paints Ltd., sinceSeptember 16, 2009. He serves as Member of Corporate Advisory Board of Marshall School ofBusiness (USC). He serves as a Member of Asia Pacific Advisory Board at Deutsche Bank AG.Mr. Ramadorai served as a Non-Executive Director of TATA InfoTech Limited until May 19,2004. He served as a Director of National Association of Software and Service Companies. Mr.Ramadorai also serves as a Member of Board of Directors at IKP Investment ManagementCompany. He served as a Director of Tata Consultancy Services Limited from May 5, 2004 toOctober 2009. He has been designated as IT Advisor to Qingdao city and Hangzhou city, in thePeople's Republic of China. Mr. Ramadorai serves as Member of Advisory Committee ofNational Stock Exchange of India Ltd. He received Padma Bhushan in January 2006 for hiscommitment and dedication to IT industry, recognized as the sixth most influential IT leader inthe world by Computer Business Review in July 2006, UKTrade and Investment SpecialRecognition Award in September 2005 by prime minister Blair for TCS' exemplary contributionto India-UKeconomic ties, recognized as the IT Man of the year for 2004 by Dataquest,recognized as the 'Businessman of the Year 2004' by Business India, named the fifth most

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    influential person in IT in 2004 by Computer Business Review, recognized by the IndoAmerican Chamber of Commerce with an award for promoting Indo-US business excellence inSeptember 2004, honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Indian Instituteof Science, Bangalore, in 2003, received CNBC Asia Pacific's prestigious 'Asia Business Leaderof the Year' award in 2002 and honored with the position of 'IT Advisor to Qingdao City',

    People's Republic of China. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineersand the Indian National Academy of Engineers. He conferred with Doctor of Sciences degree(honoris causa) by Sastra University in 2006 and Doctorate (honoris causa) by Anna University.Mr. Ramadorai holds a Bachelors degree in Physics from Delhi University, a Bachelor ofEngineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from Indian Institute of Science, Bangaloreand a M Sc in Computer Science from the University of California. He has a B.Tech degree fromIIT, Kanpur and his M.S. and Ph.D degrees from the University of Maine. He took the SeniorExecutive Development Program at MIT's Sloan School of Management in 1993.

    Tata Consultancy ServicesS. Ramadorai serves as Chief Executive Officer of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). Mr.Ramadorai is Chairman of Tata Technologies Ltd. and Chairman of CMC Ltd. He has been aDirector of CMC Ltd. since October 16, 2001. Mr. Ramadorai holds a Bachelors degree in Physicsfrom Delhi University, a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications fromIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore and a Masters degree in Computer Science from theUniversity of California. Mr. Ramadorai took the Senior Executive Development Program at MIT'sSloan School of Management in 1993.

    Subramanian Ramadorai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director ofTata Consultancy

    Services Limited, has been associated with the Company for the past thirty years. Ramadorai is

    chairman ofTata Technologies. He has been non-executive chairman of the board and non-executive

    director of CMC since October, 2004. He serves as vice-chairman of Tata Elxsi (India). He has been a

    director ofCMC since October, 2001. He has been a non-executive and independent director

    ofHindustan Lever since May, 2002. Ramadorai serves as an independent director of Nicholas

    Piramal India. He is on the board of several leading companies, includingTata Industries, Tata

    Internet Services, the Engineering Analysis Center of Excellence (a joint venture with General

    Electric), and Innova TV (USA). He served as a non-executive director of Tata InfoTech until May,

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    2004. Ramadorai serves as member of the advisory committee of theNational Stock Exchange of

    India.

    S. Ramadorai - Journey inside TCS

    Ramadorai joined in TCS as a trainee engineer on February 23, 1972. Mr. Ramadorai started his

    career in an ODC (Offshore development center) in Chennai. Soon young Ramadorai received an

    assignment of setting up operation's in United States of America in 1979 in New York city. The

    continuous dedication to work and a high vision helped him to take over as the supreme command of

    this company when he became CEO in 1996. Under Ramadorai's leadership TCS is become $ 3

    Billion world-leading information technology consulting, services and a business

    process outsourcing (BPO) organization with a talent base of over 80,000 associates and with a

    presence in 34 countries across 6 continents. TCS is having an enviable client list which includes

    seven of the Top Ten Fortune companies.

    As a background of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), TCS provides information technology and

    management consulting services to organizations in more than 53 countries. The company offers e-

    business, application development and maintenance, architecture and technology consulting,

    engineering, security, infrastructure development and management, and quality consulting services.

    The company TCS was founded in 1968 and is based in Mumbai, India. TCS has more than 150

    offices worldwide. TCS operates as a subsidiary of Tata Sons Ltd. TCS is largest IT Company in Asia

    and moving forward with a vision of "To be Global Top 10 by 2010".

    S. Ramadorai - Educational Background

    Ramadorai did his school education from Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi. Ramadorai holds a

    bachelor's degree in Physics from Delhi University, a bachelor's of engineering in electronics and

    telecommunications from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and a master's degree in

    computer science from the University of California. Ramadorai took the senior executive

    development program at MIT's Sloan School of Management in 1993. Though he is extreme busy

    now-a-days, he continues to maintain strong links with the academic world too. Ramadorai is a

    member of the Corporate Advisory Board, Marshall School of Business (USC) as well as other Boards

    of reputed Indian academic institutions. Among his other distinctions, Ramadorai is a Fellow of the

    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and of the Indian National Academy of

    Engineering.

    S. Ramadorai - With his work in TCS

    Ramadorai proves the power of onshore-offshore model in the field of software technology. He took

    major role in establishing several new offshore development center (ODC) for Tata Consultancy

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    Services (TCS) across the globe. These ODC are now the real power-house for TCS for providing

    high-end quality solutions to major international companies seeking for software solution and

    consultancy. With a anticipation of changing technologies at all times, Ramadorai set up Technology

    Excellence Centers in India that have acquired knowledge, expertise and equipment in specialized

    technology areas.

    His key initiatives include his relentless pursuit of excellence in quality. In August 2004, TCS became

    the world's first organization to achieve an integrated Enterprise wide Maturity Level 5 on both

    Capability Maturity model (CMM) and People Capability Maturity model (PCMM); these are

    frameworks conceptualized by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon

    University, to benchmark and appraise the software process and people management process of an

    organization.

    Ramadorai believes in continuous learning throughout the life and helped him to make TCS a

    renowned learning organization with a very significant career growth for associates. TCS spends 6 %

    of its annual turnover on training and development and has invested in a world-class Training

    Center in Thiruvanthipuram in the state of Kerala in India. Under Ramadorai leadership there are

    few great acquisition occurred in India's domestic market. He was the man instrumental in

    acquiring CMC for the House of Tatas. Later TCS also took over Tata Infotech Ltd, one another

    software company in India. As a man he is very down to earth and talks very less.

    S. Ramadorai - Award and Recognition

    In recognition of Ramadorai's commitment and dedication to the IT industry he was awarded the

    Padma Bhushan in January 2006. He is also increasingly being recognized as a leader of global

    standing. Mr Ramadorai was presented by Prime Minister Blair, the UK Trade and Investment

    Special Recognition Award in September 2005 for TCS exemplary contribution to India-UK

    economic ties.

    Dataquest has recognized Ramadorai as the "IT Man of the year" for 2004. Business India

    recognized him as the Businessman of the Year (2004). Computer Business Review named him the

    5th most Influential person in IT in 2004; in September 04, the Indo American Chamber of

    Commerce recognized Ramadorai with an award for promoting Indo-US Business Excellence. Anna

    University conferred upon him a Doctorate (Honoris Causa).

    During 2003, Ramadorai was honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Indian

    Institute of Science, Bangalore. In 2002, he was awarded with CNBC Asia Pacific's prestigious 'Asia

    Business Leader of the Year' Award. He has been honored with the position of 'IT Advisor to Qingdao

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    City', People's Republic of China. As Chairman of the National Association of Software

    Companies (NASSCOM), Ramadorai extends his support to the Indian IT Industry.

    Born in 1944 into a Brahmin family at Nagpur, Subramaniam Ramadorai is a man steeped in simplicity and discipline.

    Ramadorai retired as CEO& MD of Tata Consultancy Services in 2009, after serving the company for thirty-nine years; he

    continues to work with TCS in the capacity of Vice-Chairman, and is actively involved as Chairman/Director of various

    Tata and non-Tata companies and educational institutions. Recently he took on a public service responsibility when the

    Indian government appointed him as the Advisor to the Prime Minister in the National Skill Development Council with the

    rank of a Cabinet minister.

    Ramadorai was awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of Indias highest civilian honours, in 2006 and the CBE in 2009.

    Among his many interests, Ramadorai is passionate about photography and Indian classical music. His wife Mala is an

    accomplished musician and an active educator; his son Tarun is a Reader in Finance at the Sad Business School while his

    daughter-in-law Purnima is a film producer in the UK, where she runs her own production company. Mala and Ram live in

    Mumbai.

    S. Ramadorai Profile :Board Dir. - Tata Communications Ltd.

    S. Ramadorai Biography :S.Ramadorai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy ServicesLimited, has been associated with the Company for the past thirty years. Joining as a traineeengineer, Ramadorai took over as CEO in 1996 and has been instrumental in building TCS to $4.3 Billion global software and esgineering Services Company with a talent base of over 85,000associates, a geographical reach of 39 countries and an enviable client list which includes six ofthe Top Ten Fortune companies. Ramadoraihas now set his sights on ensuring that TCS isamong the global Top Ten software companies. In October 2006, TCS was recognized byEconomic Times as the Company of the year, a fitting tribute to its increasing global presence.

    Ramadorais vision is evident through the active role he played in establishing GlobalDevelopment Centers (GDCs) in India to provide high-end quality solutions to major

    corporations. With a view to remain abreast with changing technologies at alltimes,Ramadoraiset up Technology Excellence Centers in India that have acquired knowledge,expertise and equipment in specialized technology areas.

    His key initiatives include his relentless pursuit of excellence in quality. In August 2004, TCSbecame the worlds first organization to achieve an integrated Enterprise wide Maturity Level 5on both Capability Maturity model and People Capability Maturity model, these are frameworksconceptualized by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, tobenchmark and appraise the software process and people management process of anorganization. Under his leadership TCS was awarded the CII-Exim Bank Quality Award for2006.

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    Ramadorai firmly believes that learning is a continual process, which does not end with formaleducation. With this in mind, he has striven to make TCS a learning organization, conducive todeveloping ones full potential. TCS spends 6 % of its annual turnover on training anddevelopment and has invested in a world class Training Centre in Thiruvanthipuram.

    Additionally, each year, every TCSer has the opportunity to undergo 20 days training.

    His contributions to the industry have been well recognized through the numerous awards hehas received. In 2002, he was awarded with CNBC Asia Pacific's prestigious 'Asia BusinessLeader of the Year' Award. He has been honoured with the position of IT Advisor to QingdaoCity, Peoples Republic of China. In November 2006 Ernst & Young awarded Ramadorai theEntrepreneur Manager of the Year award. He has been recognized by Computer BusinessReview in July 2006 as the sixth most influential IT leader in the world. In recognitionofRamadorais commitment and dedication to the IT industry he was awarded the PadmaBhushan by President of Government of India in January 06.

    Mr. Ramadoraiholds Chairmanships and Directorships of several other Tata Group companies.He is also on the Board of Directors of companies such as Hindustan Lever Ltd and NicholasPiramal India Ltd.

    Ramadorai continues to maintain strong links with the world of academia. He is a member of theCorporate Advisory Board, Marshall School of Business (USC) as well as the Said Business

    School at Oxford. Among his other distinctions, Ramadorai is a Fellow of the Institute ofElectrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), The Computer Society of India (CSI) and of theIndian National Academy of Engineering.

    His academic credentials include a Bachelors degree in Physics from Delhi University, India, aBachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Indian Instituteof Science, Bangalore, India, and a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University ofCalifornia - UCLA, USA. In 1993, Ramadoraiattended the Sloan School of Managementshighly rated Senior Executive Development Program.

    Company SnapshotTata Consultancy Services (TCS) provides information technology and management consulting services to organizations in more than 53

    countries. The company offers e-business, application development and maintenance, architecture and technology consulting, engineering,

    security, infrastructure development and management, and quality consulting services. In addition, TCS offers software packages for business

    functions such as applications for electronic banking, insurance billing, customer relationship management, and hospital management. It caters

    to finance and banking, insurance, telecommunication, transportation, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and utility industries. The

    company was founded in 1968 and is based in Mumbai, India. It has more than 150 offices worldwide. TCS operates as a subsidiary of Tata

    Sons Ltd.

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